General Rules of the site

Malky · Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:31 pm Post subject: General Rules of the site

1. Accounts

Only one account per person is allowed i.e. one username per person. Any additional usernames registered by the same user will be deleted, the user sent a warning and their account temporarily suspended. Further violation of this rule will result in the members original account being suspended for an extended period.

2. Language

Light profanity is allowed. HOWEVER, excessive profanity and profanity directed at others in an insulting manner will not be tolerated, nor will obscene, vulgar, hateful, threatening or language violative of any laws.

3. Harassment

Harassing, flaming and threatening other users WILL NOT be tolerated. Moderators / Administrators reserve the right to delete any posts if they find them inappropriate in any way.

4. Explicit Material

Posting or even linking to sexually explicit remarks or any type of pornographic images is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Offenders may be subject to account suspension.

5. Copyright material

Discussion of copying, sharing or distribution of copyrighted material is forbidden. This includes such things as CDs, music files, movie files, DVDs,TIS and EPC software. Linking to sites that promote or host illegal copies of copyrighted software is also forbidden. Any such posts/threads will be removed, with a warning sent to the originator. Subsequent breaches of this rule may end up with posting privileges being removed.

6. Spamming

Spamming/Trolling: DO NOT post off topic nonsense to raise your post count. Always respect members at all times, do not go into a persons topic purely for the purposes of causing trouble. Please try to stay on topic, it is understandable that sometimes topics wonder off and consideration will be given to this.

7. Private Messaging

Private messages are private, hence the name. Please respect the privacy of other members, do not post a PM in public without their permission. You have the right to report a PM to a Ayrshirescoobies.com Administrator if you feel you are being harassed by another member via the Private Messaging system.

8. 'For Sale' posts

Only paid Club members will be allowed to post in this section.
Any threads selling items that are started in any other section will assumed to have been placed there to get around the rules above. Such threads will be deleted and no PM sent to the poster.

9. Hacking

Attempts to hack the forums or access features you normally are not allowed to, will result in an immediate ban - the duration of which will be determined by the Admin. If you discover any problems with the board that may be abused please report them immediately. Taking advantage of any problems with the forum, before reporting it to Admin, will also be considered as hacking.

10. Images

When posting photographs / images of vehicles, wherever from, please make sure you blank out their Registration Plate. The exception to this is your own car, you have to make that decision. Any picture deemed as possibly rude or offensive must not be used for signatures or avatars. Any violation to this rule will result in the offending photograph / image being removed and a warning sent to the offender. Three warnings and the right to use Avatars or Signatures will be removed for the offender. Continuation will result in a ban.

11. Signatures

A signature may contain one or more images but they must fit within a box with maximum dimensions of 400 x 75 pixels (width x height) and with a maximum (combined) file size of 100k.
A single of line of text, linking to an external photo host (car pics etc) is also permitted under the above graphic signature.
If no images are used then up to 4 consecutive lines of normal (size3) or smaller text is permitted. Do not pad out your text lines with blanks lines. A line of text is defined as having a maximum length of 400 pixels. If you want to turn the signature off in the future, you can come back and edit your post. If you have specified a signature in your profile, the box will be automatically ticked for you.

Although any interested member is welcome to take part on the forum, we would ask that signatures are kept in keeping with the intended theme of the Forum, ie Subaru. The majority of members are here due to that common interest and we would like to maintain some consitency. Avatars are more relaxed and as long as it is not offensive then subject matter is unrestricted.

12. Avatars

Avatars are viewable by everyone, so any user Avatar must be free from any lewd or profanic material. The maximum size permitted for Avatars is a 120x120 pixel frame with a file size of no more than 7kb. Lightly animated GIF files are allowed, but static JPG files are preferred.

13. Traders

Ayrshirescoobies.com classified forums are for the use of private individuals to buy and sell their own personal property. Commercial Trading, i.e. buying and selling of items specifically for profit, is strictly prohibited by Traders who are not members of our Approved Traders scheme, without seeking permission from the admin team first. Promotion or advertising of any 'for profit' trading/business is also prohibited. This includes any promotional/advertising material or links in posts, signatures, avatars or profile pictures or contacting members via PM. Usernames should not consist of any company names unless that member is one of the traders on the site.

Applications to Join our Approved traders scheme are welcome. Applications should be made by email to the admin team, stating the nature of your Business and what offers you would bring to the scheme.

14. Respect

You are kindly asked to respect the Administrators and all other users of Ayrshirescoobies.com at all times.

15. Account Suspension

Under normal situations, where a User is thought to have broken these rules, a warning will be issued to the offender. A Second warning for the same offence will not be issued - a possible account suspension will be enforced, at the discretion of the Admin team. Any offence, serious enough to be viewed as Gross misconduct, eg, racism, harassment, attempted hacking etc. will result in an instant IP ban with no prior warnings given.

16. Disputes and concerns

If any member has an issue or problem with any member of the forum, management team or forum policy, then please contact a member of Admin, Moderator or your regional organiser via email, PM, phone, MSN or in person etc. Please do not post disputes on the open forum. Any dispute posted on the forum will be removed. Disputes or concerns are often easily resolved, yet have the tendency to go out of control on the forum and do not portray a welcoming face to new and other existing members alike.

17. Moderating

Although the administrators and moderators of Ayrshirescoobies.com will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and the owners of Ayrshirescoobies.com Forum will not be held responsible for the content of any message.

The owners of Ayrshirescoobies.com forum reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.